RIP is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIP is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does RIP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To tear something quickly and roughly.
Rip in a river names a stretch of broken water, and a rip current is one of those pulling away from a beach. A separate old sense — a rip meaning a worthless person — has almost gone, surviving only in let it rip.
How RIP is used
Ripped, ripping. Also a noun.
- He ripped the letter without opening it.
- A rip current pulls out and not down.
- The rip in the sleeve went from cuff to elbow.
- Let it rip is the last home of an older sense.
- Ripping paper neatly is harder than cutting it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIP
The 3 tiles of RIP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RIP
Showing 24 of 82 words that begin with RIP.
Words ending in RIP
Showing 24 of 25 words that end in RIP. Useful as a back hook: play RIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIP inside
Showing 24 of 605 words that contain RIP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIP
Common questions about RIP
- Is RIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIP, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIP worth?
- RIP is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIP mean?
- To tear something quickly and roughly.
- What letters can be added to RIP?
- RIP takes 7 hooks: 3 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RIP:
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